How is the taxi situation at Paris Nord rail station?
Mar 6th 2003, 4:58 pm
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How is the taxi situation at Paris Nord rail station?
Coming on "Chunnel" from London to Parid Nord. Anyone have an idea how
fast and easy it is to grab a taxi at Nord rail station to our hotel?
Thanks for any help?
fast and easy it is to grab a taxi at Nord rail station to our hotel?
Thanks for any help?
Mar 6th 2003, 7:41 pm
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Re: How is the taxi situation at Paris Nord rail station?
In article , Chris
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>Coming on "Chunnel" from London to Parid Nord. Anyone have an idea how
>fast and easy it is to grab a taxi at Nord rail station to our hotel?
>Thanks for any help?
It is NOT called the Chunnel!
It is the Channel Tunnel. The passenger train is Eurostar, the car
train is Le Shuttle.
The railway station is the Gare du Nord.
--
Marie Lewis
writes
>Coming on "Chunnel" from London to Parid Nord. Anyone have an idea how
>fast and easy it is to grab a taxi at Nord rail station to our hotel?
>Thanks for any help?
It is NOT called the Chunnel!
It is the Channel Tunnel. The passenger train is Eurostar, the car
train is Le Shuttle.
The railway station is the Gare du Nord.
--
Marie Lewis
Mar 6th 2003, 9:08 pm
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Re: How is the taxi situation at Paris Nord rail station?
It's very easy: there is a taxi rank outside the station. You just have to
follow the indications 'taxi' and wait in the queue (if there are many
people, I would say 15 minutes...)
V.
"Chris" a écrit dans le message de news:
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> Coming on "Chunnel" from London to Parid Nord. Anyone have an idea how
> fast and easy it is to grab a taxi at Nord rail station to our hotel?
> Thanks for any help?
follow the indications 'taxi' and wait in the queue (if there are many
people, I would say 15 minutes...)
V.
"Chris" a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected]...
> Coming on "Chunnel" from London to Parid Nord. Anyone have an idea how
> fast and easy it is to grab a taxi at Nord rail station to our hotel?
> Thanks for any help?
Mar 7th 2003, 12:44 am
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Re: How is the taxi situation at Paris Nord rail station?
"vincent" wrote
| It's very easy: there is a taxi rank outside the station. You just have to
| follow the indications 'taxi' and wait in the queue (if there are many
| people, I would say 15 minutes...)
And for the assistance of non-francophones, 'Taxi' is printed in both
English and French on all the signs :-)
Owain
| It's very easy: there is a taxi rank outside the station. You just have to
| follow the indications 'taxi' and wait in the queue (if there are many
| people, I would say 15 minutes...)
And for the assistance of non-francophones, 'Taxi' is printed in both
English and French on all the signs :-)
Owain
Mar 7th 2003, 3:20 am
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Re: How is the taxi situation at Paris Nord rail station?
"Marie Lewis" skrev i meddelandet
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> In article , Chris
> writes
> >Coming on "Chunnel" from London to Parid Nord. Anyone have an idea how
> >fast and easy it is to grab a taxi at Nord rail station to our hotel?
> >Thanks for any help?
> It is NOT called the Chunnel!
So if you didn't know it ,"Chunnel" is the nickname for the channel tunnel.
> It is the Channel Tunnel. The passenger train is Eurostar, the car
> train is Le Shuttle.
He didn't ask for that. You can't arrive to Paris by "Le Shuttle" and by
travelling "Le Shuttle" it's unlikely you've need for a taxi.
Try now to figure out which train this guy is travelling, one guess is
allowed.
> The railway station is the Gare du Nord.
Nord rail station is enough to identify where it is as all Eurostars to
Paris terminates at the same station.
And besides the guy asked for taxi advice and nothing else, try to read the
headline.
L.P
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> In article , Chris
> writes
> >Coming on "Chunnel" from London to Parid Nord. Anyone have an idea how
> >fast and easy it is to grab a taxi at Nord rail station to our hotel?
> >Thanks for any help?
> It is NOT called the Chunnel!
So if you didn't know it ,"Chunnel" is the nickname for the channel tunnel.
> It is the Channel Tunnel. The passenger train is Eurostar, the car
> train is Le Shuttle.
He didn't ask for that. You can't arrive to Paris by "Le Shuttle" and by
travelling "Le Shuttle" it's unlikely you've need for a taxi.
Try now to figure out which train this guy is travelling, one guess is
allowed.
> The railway station is the Gare du Nord.
Nord rail station is enough to identify where it is as all Eurostars to
Paris terminates at the same station.
And besides the guy asked for taxi advice and nothing else, try to read the
headline.
L.P
Mar 7th 2003, 3:51 am
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Re: How is the taxi situation at Paris Nord rail station?
In article , Lennart Petersen
writes
>> It is NOT called the Chunnel!
>So if you didn't know it ,"Chunnel" is the nickname for the channel tunnel.
Not in the UK!
I was trying to help. Believe me, you ask for directions to the Chunnel
and you will be met by incomprehension. It is just lazy speech.
--
Marie Lewis
writes
>> It is NOT called the Chunnel!
>So if you didn't know it ,"Chunnel" is the nickname for the channel tunnel.
Not in the UK!
I was trying to help. Believe me, you ask for directions to the Chunnel
and you will be met by incomprehension. It is just lazy speech.
--
Marie Lewis
Mar 7th 2003, 12:19 pm
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Re: How is the taxi situation at Paris Nord rail station?
"Lennart Petersen" wrote in message news:...
> "Marie Lewis" skrev i meddelandet
> news:[email protected]...
> > In article , Chris
> > writes
> > >Coming on "Chunnel" from London to Parid Nord. Anyone have an idea how
> > >fast and easy it is to grab a taxi at Nord rail station to our hotel?
> > >Thanks for any help?
> >
> > It is NOT called the Chunnel!
> So if you didn't know it ,"Chunnel" is the nickname for the channel tunnel.
> >
> > It is the Channel Tunnel. The passenger train is Eurostar, the car
> > train is Le Shuttle.
> He didn't ask for that. You can't arrive to Paris by "Le Shuttle" and by
> travelling "Le Shuttle" it's unlikely you've need for a taxi.
> Try now to figure out which train this guy is travelling, one guess is
> allowed.
> >
> > The railway station is the Gare du Nord.
> Nord rail station is enough to identify where it is as all Eurostars to
> Paris terminates at the same station.
> And besides the guy asked for taxi advice and nothing else, try to read the
> headline.
> L.P
Thanks Lennart, my British friends told me they call it the "chunnel",
i didn't think there was a problem there, lol..It amazes me why some
folks have to challenge every remark made in these newsgroups. I dont
think it took a rocket scientist to figure out what i was saying.
Reason i wondered about the taxi is we have a reservation to keep and
i wanted to make sure we would have enough time. Thanks again.
> "Marie Lewis" skrev i meddelandet
> news:[email protected]...
> > In article , Chris
> > writes
> > >Coming on "Chunnel" from London to Parid Nord. Anyone have an idea how
> > >fast and easy it is to grab a taxi at Nord rail station to our hotel?
> > >Thanks for any help?
> >
> > It is NOT called the Chunnel!
> So if you didn't know it ,"Chunnel" is the nickname for the channel tunnel.
> >
> > It is the Channel Tunnel. The passenger train is Eurostar, the car
> > train is Le Shuttle.
> He didn't ask for that. You can't arrive to Paris by "Le Shuttle" and by
> travelling "Le Shuttle" it's unlikely you've need for a taxi.
> Try now to figure out which train this guy is travelling, one guess is
> allowed.
> >
> > The railway station is the Gare du Nord.
> Nord rail station is enough to identify where it is as all Eurostars to
> Paris terminates at the same station.
> And besides the guy asked for taxi advice and nothing else, try to read the
> headline.
> L.P
Thanks Lennart, my British friends told me they call it the "chunnel",
i didn't think there was a problem there, lol..It amazes me why some
folks have to challenge every remark made in these newsgroups. I dont
think it took a rocket scientist to figure out what i was saying.
Reason i wondered about the taxi is we have a reservation to keep and
i wanted to make sure we would have enough time. Thanks again.
Mar 7th 2003, 12:21 pm
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Re: How is the taxi situation at Paris Nord rail station?
"vincent" wrote in message news:...
> It's very easy: there is a taxi rank outside the station. You just have to
> follow the indications 'taxi' and wait in the queue (if there are many
> people, I would say 15 minutes...)
> V.
>
>
>
> "Chris" a écrit dans le message de news:
> [email protected]...
> > Coming on "Chunnel" from London to Parid Nord. Anyone have an idea how
> > fast and easy it is to grab a taxi at Nord rail station to our hotel?
> > Thanks for any help?
Thank you, Vincent..That answers my question and gives me plenty of
time to be able to get where i have to go..:-)
> It's very easy: there is a taxi rank outside the station. You just have to
> follow the indications 'taxi' and wait in the queue (if there are many
> people, I would say 15 minutes...)
> V.
>
>
>
> "Chris" a écrit dans le message de news:
> [email protected]...
> > Coming on "Chunnel" from London to Parid Nord. Anyone have an idea how
> > fast and easy it is to grab a taxi at Nord rail station to our hotel?
> > Thanks for any help?
Thank you, Vincent..That answers my question and gives me plenty of
time to be able to get where i have to go..:-)
Mar 7th 2003, 12:44 pm
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Re: How is the taxi situation at Paris Nord rail station?
Marie Lewis wrote in message news:...
> In article , Chris
> writes
> >Coming on "Chunnel" from London to Parid Nord. Anyone have an idea how
> >fast and easy it is to grab a taxi at Nord rail station to our hotel?
> >Thanks for any help?
>
> It is NOT called the Chunnel!
>
> It is the Channel Tunnel. The passenger train is Eurostar, the car
> train is Le Shuttle.
>
> The railway station is the Gare du Nord.
Marie, why do you come to this NG?? I have yet to see you answer a
question without a smart aleck answer to go with it. Better yet, you
dont answer questions , you just dish out snide remarks. If i wanted
a lesson on trains and stations i would of asked about trains and
stations. My concern is a taxi. Go read your reply i don't see the
word taxi in it! As i noticed other posters told you "Get A Life".
You might try that advice :-).
> In article , Chris
> writes
> >Coming on "Chunnel" from London to Parid Nord. Anyone have an idea how
> >fast and easy it is to grab a taxi at Nord rail station to our hotel?
> >Thanks for any help?
>
> It is NOT called the Chunnel!
>
> It is the Channel Tunnel. The passenger train is Eurostar, the car
> train is Le Shuttle.
>
> The railway station is the Gare du Nord.
Marie, why do you come to this NG?? I have yet to see you answer a
question without a smart aleck answer to go with it. Better yet, you
dont answer questions , you just dish out snide remarks. If i wanted
a lesson on trains and stations i would of asked about trains and
stations. My concern is a taxi. Go read your reply i don't see the
word taxi in it! As i noticed other posters told you "Get A Life".
You might try that advice :-).
Mar 7th 2003, 7:36 pm
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Re: How is the taxi situation at Paris Nord rail station?
In article , Chris
writes
>Thanks Lennart, my British friends told me they call it the "chunnel",
They are definitely the exception, then. I really was trying to help
Thos person by informing him of the generally accepted nomenclature.
If this is seen as interfering, so be it.
--
Marie Lewis
writes
>Thanks Lennart, my British friends told me they call it the "chunnel",
They are definitely the exception, then. I really was trying to help
Thos person by informing him of the generally accepted nomenclature.
If this is seen as interfering, so be it.
--
Marie Lewis
Mar 7th 2003, 8:32 pm
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"vincent" wrote in message
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> It's very easy: there is a taxi rank outside the station. You just have to
> follow the indications 'taxi' and wait in the queue (if there are many
> people, I would say 15 minutes...)
> V.
The queue can exceed 15 minutes on occasion. If you are coming off a
Eurostar try to get to the queue as soon as possible. Turn right at the end
of the platform and go through the arch onto the pavement where you will
certainly see the queue.
A Eurostar if full has 800 passengers and that takes a bit of time for taxis
to clear so not being number 799 is a good strategy. (The bottleneck is not
the supply of taxis but the time taken to load as many people are encumbered
with luggage).
Michael Forrest
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> It's very easy: there is a taxi rank outside the station. You just have to
> follow the indications 'taxi' and wait in the queue (if there are many
> people, I would say 15 minutes...)
> V.
The queue can exceed 15 minutes on occasion. If you are coming off a
Eurostar try to get to the queue as soon as possible. Turn right at the end
of the platform and go through the arch onto the pavement where you will
certainly see the queue.
A Eurostar if full has 800 passengers and that takes a bit of time for taxis
to clear so not being number 799 is a good strategy. (The bottleneck is not
the supply of taxis but the time taken to load as many people are encumbered
with luggage).
Michael Forrest
Mar 8th 2003, 3:15 am
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(Marie Lewis) wrote:
> In article , Lennart Petersen
> writes
> >> It is NOT called the Chunnel!
> >So if you didn't know it ,"Chunnel" is the nickname for the channel
> tunnel.
>
> Not in the UK!
>
> I was trying to help. Believe me, you ask for directions to the
> Chunnel and you will be met by incomprehension. It is just lazy speech.
> --
> Marie Lewis
It was widely called the Chunnel around the time of its construction and
first opening (which may have something to do with the word's convenience
in headlines). Indeed, "Chunnel" appears in my 1979 Collins English
Dictionary (possibly lowercased -- I can't recall and I'm not leaving the
fireside to check!).
However, like a lot of slang, I think it would sound rather dated now,
though many people would understand it.
(Marie Lewis) wrote:
> In article , Lennart Petersen
> writes
> >> It is NOT called the Chunnel!
> >So if you didn't know it ,"Chunnel" is the nickname for the channel
> tunnel.
>
> Not in the UK!
>
> I was trying to help. Believe me, you ask for directions to the
> Chunnel and you will be met by incomprehension. It is just lazy speech.
> --
> Marie Lewis
It was widely called the Chunnel around the time of its construction and
first opening (which may have something to do with the word's convenience
in headlines). Indeed, "Chunnel" appears in my 1979 Collins English
Dictionary (possibly lowercased -- I can't recall and I'm not leaving the
fireside to check!).
However, like a lot of slang, I think it would sound rather dated now,
though many people would understand it.
Mar 8th 2003, 3:15 am
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Re: How is the taxi situation at Paris Nord rail station?
In article ,
[email protected] (Chris) wrote:
> Thanks Lennart, my British friends told me they call it the "chunnel",
> i didn't think there was a problem there, lol..It amazes me why some
> folks have to challenge every remark made in these newsgroups.
No they don't.
[email protected] (Chris) wrote:
> Thanks Lennart, my British friends told me they call it the "chunnel",
> i didn't think there was a problem there, lol..It amazes me why some
> folks have to challenge every remark made in these newsgroups.
No they don't.
Mar 8th 2003, 3:21 am
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"Marie Lewis" skrev i meddelandet
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> In article , Chris
> writes
> >Thanks Lennart, my British friends told me they call it the "chunnel",
> They are definitely the exception, then. I really was trying to help
> Thos person by informing him of the generally accepted nomenclature.
So why do you refer to u.k when the real official term seem to be "The
United Kingdom of Great Britain &Northern Ireland". After all there are many
united kingdoms,Sweden and Malaysia just a few.
I found 47134 results from a search on "chunnel"
just a few
http://www.millennium-debate.org/tel22jan035.htm
http://www.observer.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4086263,00.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...2F03%2F09%2Fnc
hun09.xml
http://www.observer.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4163074,00.html
news:[email protected]...
> In article , Chris
> writes
> >Thanks Lennart, my British friends told me they call it the "chunnel",
> They are definitely the exception, then. I really was trying to help
> Thos person by informing him of the generally accepted nomenclature.
So why do you refer to u.k when the real official term seem to be "The
United Kingdom of Great Britain &Northern Ireland". After all there are many
united kingdoms,Sweden and Malaysia just a few.
I found 47134 results from a search on "chunnel"
just a few
http://www.millennium-debate.org/tel22jan035.htm
http://www.observer.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4086263,00.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...2F03%2F09%2Fnc
hun09.xml
http://www.observer.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4163074,00.html
Mar 8th 2003, 3:42 am
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> In article ,
> [email protected] (Chris) wrote:
>
> > Thanks Lennart, my British friends told me they call it the "chunnel",
> > i didn't think there was a problem there, lol..It amazes me why some
> > folks have to challenge every remark made in these newsgroups.
> No they don't.
I disagree with this.
news:[email protected]...
> In article ,
> [email protected] (Chris) wrote:
>
> > Thanks Lennart, my British friends told me they call it the "chunnel",
> > i didn't think there was a problem there, lol..It amazes me why some
> > folks have to challenge every remark made in these newsgroups.
> No they don't.
I disagree with this.
